Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. At this point, what we want to see is accommodation of all the pupils who previously got concessionary tickets, as well as those in receipt of what are now being called concessionary 3 tickets. For students who have no siblings who ever travelled on the school bus and are the first in the family to enter the fray, I would like to think the numbers will work out for them. The difficulty with all this is that we have been relying on an element of luck.

We definitely cannot go back. We must plan into the future for the delivery of the current provision and more. The best news I had today was in dealing with families in Annagassan whose children have got their tickets following severe disruption over the past while. I am still waiting for a number of results in other parts of County Louth, including north Louth and for several students travelling to The Bush. Their difficulty is they are not located more than 4.8 km from their nearest school, which is something that definitely needs to be revisited.

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